Example sentences of "have [verb] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar action should be taken , so that the dog is told to be quiet , and you disappear until it has stopped barking for a few moments . |
| 2 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 3 | It was as if , thought the queen-dowager fancifully , the world had stopped turning for a few moments , immobilised by the enormity of her action . |
| 4 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 5 | He was with Wilson Staff in those days , and they had written asking for a good caddie for the centenary Open . |